NASA SBIR Ignite
Closed for now
NASA has run SBIR Ignite annually since 2022; the next call is expected to be issued as an appendix to the NASA SBIR/STTR Broad Agency Announcement. SBIR/STTR statutory authorisation lapsed on 30 September 2025 and was reauthorised on 13 April 2026 through 30 September 2031; the six-month lapse halted new awards and compressed the 2026 solicitation calendar.
A commercially-oriented SBIR track with a lighter-touch application, aimed at companies whose primary market is commercial rather than NASA. Award sizes track the NASA SBIR Phase I/II ceilings.
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
public · national
Deadline: annual_call — SBIR Ignite runs as a separate annual call. Selections for the 2025 Ignite cohort were announced in April 2026.
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Up to 500 employees
- small enterprises
- Sectors: space, deeptech
- Stage: pre_seed, seed
- R&D activity required
- Locally registered entity required
Aimed at businesses with a commercial-first go-to-market where NASA is not the primary customer.
Source. https://www.nasa.gov/sbir_sttr/ — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked